The Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, July 28, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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8YN0PSI3.
A foolish youiik tenderfoot
fascinated with the bold, tirtful
becoms*
,.......... .— v.u. wife of a
drunken prospector In a western mining
town. They prepare to elope In a blinn-
ing bllrxard but are confronted by the
He la Bhot by the
boy pins a
note to the body taking the crime
ui'on himself. In their flight to the
railroad station the woman's horse
Sails exhausted; the youth puts
maudlin husband. He la
but the chlvalroui
ns «
i nls
stirrup str
- v. Jh?
on his own and follows hanging to
mp*
rt Into
ap.
WOI
th
les Into
the train bei
Beelni
youth puts her
a hanging to the
he Is an tmpedi-
_ - _elng
ment. the woman thrusts her escort
lea on. Half-frosen
the railroad station Just
woman away.
Oe
tie wo
a snow drift and rid
he stumbl
ie train bears the wc
ty-flve years later, this
ly.__ls a multl-mtillonal
HJI«
orgr-
New
Twent
Oorm
Tork. He meets Eleanor Haldane
oeautlful and wealthy settlement worker
and co-operates with her
Oormly becomes owner of
iment
In her work.
Oormly becomes owner of a steamship
line and flnds himself frustrated In pier
and track extension plans by grafting al-
dermen, backed by the Gotham Traction
Company An automobile aocldent brings
the Haldanes to his country home. Gqirm-
ly announces that be will bo mayor of
New York and redeem the city from cor-
ruption. Mr Haldane In a long desired
Interview with Oormly, makes an Indlrwt
proposition to compromise the fight which
the latter has been waging In the news-
waging In the
papers against the Gotham Tractlo
pany. and which Haldane 1
j>c!ng the head. Oormly
i su
______ly holdlv
als plan of campaign to Haldane
■pected of
announces
BOOK
-THE BATTLE
FREEDOM.
FOR
tlon, a tyro like Gormly In politic*,
but a man of great ability and acu-
men, he made manager of bis cam-
paign. The party out of power
through Its leaders declared that It In-
tended to make him Its candidate; oth-
er smaller parties proposed to fall In
line. It was pointed out by those In-
terested that Indorsement by these
organizations would provide Gormly
with an organization and be of Im-
mense benefit In taking off his hands
tho details and minutiae of political
campaigning, about which he was sup-
"U* a*ay «• Mr. Got said
Benson half pHyfagtr. r:tbat you don’t
know anything about practical poli-
tico. Tbs committee of a 'hundred
will ssrry oat the will of the party
because the will of the party will be
the will of the committee of a hun-
dred; and the committee of a hundred
will carry out the will of thla com-
mittee visiting you, because the will
of this committee Is the will of the
committee of a hundred. If I aay—1
mean If we aay—that our party wants
you for mayor, you can bet your last
dollar that you're the man It wants.
Beer
"I see," said Gormly. "In that case
why have any convention at all! Why
have any committee of a hundred?
Why have anybody but you, Mr. lien-
son," he stopped long enough to make
the pause appreciable, "and your co-
adjutors? Why have any people, as
a matter of fact? Why don’t you and
Mr. Llffey, who I believe holds a some-
what analogous position to yours in
the other party, get together w!th two
able coadjutors like those you have
brought and settle the question what
the people are going to have?”
"Will, Mr. Gormly, Blnce you put It
that way," Bald Benson coolly, "If I
was a little stronger than 1 am, If
posed to know nothing; that It would
at once provide him with a respect- | this city wasn't so hopelessly In Char
able following, and, as they claimed, j ley Llffey’s grasp, that's about what
CHAPTER VII.
The Outs Would Fain Take a Hand.
The political declaration of Gormly
was the sensation of the hour; the
sensation of many hours, In fact It
came at exactly tho right time, The
non-church going section of New
York, from which the larger part of
politics was unfortunately recruited
•—the truly good Christian being a
man who leaves the doing of such
duties to his ungodly neighbor as a
rule!—had abundant leisure to read
the papers on Christmas morning,
and every paper In the city contained
that same announcement which Miss
Haldane and the party at the cottage
had read In The Planet.
Every paper contained also editori-
al comment then and thereafter. The
administration papers ridiculed the I
, proposition, endeavored to laugh It
out of court. Other men possibly as I
high In character had announced ]
themselves from time to time with |
similar platforms. Their announce-
ments had created mild sensations, J
their campaigns had sometimes ere- |
ated more sensations; hut the re- j
suits had Invariably been defeat.
So the administration papers sought
to whistle the new candidate down
tho wind of their disdain. Nevertho- |
loss, since George (ionnly's money '
was as good as anybody else's in
New York, they kept on printing'his I
communications, in which hisjyulver- !
tiserneuts were alternated with his I
political manifestos.
The anti-administration papers, and j
those which strove so far as news-
papers could to take a dispassionate I
view of the situation, were unanimous
1r their approval of Gormly's candi- |
dacy. They declared that his elec- I
tlon would he the best thing that :
could happen for New York; they j
were also practically unanimous In
their hopelessness of Ills success. j
Gormly had carefully studied the j
situation. He was not disappointed I
In the least degree—and he realized j
that while such a proclamation as ;
he had made would Inevitably cause j
a tremendous discussion, it would j
have to be followed up by work, If it '
was to be more effective than a Hash j
In the pan. He had learned that or ]
ganlzation was the keynote of success, I
as ovcrorganlzatiou was Its death
knell. He knew that the arrangement
which secured all general principles,
leaving the utmost liberty in details,
■w .s the one which was In the end
bound to succeed, provided the fac-
tors upon whom dependence was to
be placed were in any degree worthy
of their responsibilities.
He was also aware that the na
tlvo . of the community,
even allowing for the vast num
tx»r of Ignorant foreigners who
were allowed without let or bin
drance to fill the city, was very
high. The first requisite for suc-
cessful campaigning, tin refore, he do
elded to be 'duration. Knowledge, as
of old, is still power.
The ideal method of enlightening
the people to the seriousness of the
situation and of convincing them of
their ability to amend it was by word
of mouth Gormly had never been a
public speaker Fortunately he had
plenty of self confidence, and he was
quite capable of present'pg a situ a
tlon In a simple busim rsliko way
so clearlv that even th* *gc< rant
eculd . Jr, pr. e. " ' hs
only would elapse before the spring
•lections that would determine th? is
sue - N'o matter how assiduously he
campaigned he could each n.v .»
portion c
.hat made up ’» >> a* N ' 'i •
would pc B4.ee*aur- 'or in "*■ •>
to keep to.ling the sac or
4MT«r«nt pa|it> of he cm
t*oss who did not he.» his
to drive home in. the minds of .<*♦><•
who had twvd w Hast they had list* ,
U>
Ho * as prepu"
Wm «o *• b
WMiw *>»« uf
mi MMIHI of
lend dignity to his position. The pur-
pose of this political party, whose in-
fluence was considerable and whose
ramifications were many, whose lead-
ers were men of experience, was of
course thoroughly well-known.
The conference between these lead-
ers and Oormly was short, sharp, and
decisive. It took place in his own
business office. The deputation was
made up of a hanker named Poole,
who had a certain prominence In mu-
nicipal affairs through his connection
with the national committee of the
party to which he belonged, who
was a brilliant financier, a liberal giv-
er, and u valuable jnemhor of tho op-
position; Benson the real leader of
the party, the political boss so far
as the outs had anything to boss; and
Fltehett, an attorney as bright as he
was unprincipled, who aspired to po-
litical preferment hlmeself. The
trio met Gormly In his business office.
Poole was the natural spokesman.
“We are," began Poole Impressively,
we’d do. Now, we think that you’ve
got certain elements of strength with
the people that'll sort of balance
things. I don t know whether you
can be elected or not. I’m Bpeakln’
frankly now, gentlemen, and as a prac-
tical politician; hut 1 believe you're
more apt to be elected than anybody
else. If we can got a fair <,ount, or
count the ballots ourselves, which Is
more or less doubtful with Llffey In
power, and therefpre we want you for
our candidate, because wo think we
can win.
"Llffey has been In power so long
that he ain't even decent. He ain't
willing to take a fair, respectable
graft; he wants everything But
when It comes down to talkin' busi-
ness with the candidate In 1i1b private
office, the best thing Is the whole
truth. Certainly It's Important from
one point of view that we should win
this year. It may give us more power
in the national convention next. year.
If we can deliver the goods In New
r
laaUon back at you. Why, man, tn«
ring that’s against you N* Influence#
that are opposed to you ’ xh financial
and political. Is something that you
can’t Imagine 1
"It requires much more than a candi-
date and a majority of votes to win
an election.”
"The ballots have got to be count-
ed," said Benson, "and the money's
got to be spent. In cominou with ell
the rest of us, I read those accounts
you're publishing from week to week,
and It makes me sick to see so much
good money gotn’ to waste Not but
what It’s doin’ some good; but a prac-
tical man like myself could administer
it so much hotter. You could buy a
voting precinct with what you spend
on a single ad. Wastin' good money
on the press! It’s men you want to
buy, not newspapers That's tho rea-
son Llffey always gets the best of.tne.
He's got more money than 1 can get,
consequently he's got tho men. But
with your own contributions and the
chances for success that you'll give
us. there's lots of other rich men
that’d bo willing to tako on our gettlu’
in power."
"I a in not one of these men, Mr
Benson. I'll take * no chancos what
ever,on your getting in power."
"Well, it's got to he Llffey’s crowd
or ours, and your flghtln’ Llffey'i
crowd from beginning to end. There
fore logically you belong to us.”
"1 cannot see the force of your rea
Boning," said Gormly. “and 1 toll you
here and now that while 1 shall he
very glad to live th* voton of any ot
every man tn New York, yet 1 will
he beholden to no political party In
the city. 1 have entered this cam-
paign ss an Independent. If the peo-
ple wish to elect mo,'they can do so;
If not, not."
II by, 1 told you,” said Denson pity-
ingly, that you might got elected;
hut you've got to ho counted in.”
If I tw:^ sleeted," said Gorbly, "you
need not four that I shall ho counted
out-"
"You liave to n« a regular nominee,"
said Poola
"I siia! 1 !.« nominated by petition,
gentlemen." gulri Oormly coolly. Ho
pointed to Ills desk "Look at that
pile yonder. They are coming In ov-
*ery day,"
“Signed by women and children and
cranks, 1 suppose!" sneered Benson.
"1 have a corps of young men." sn
swared Gormly, "who personally visit
every jietltloner, find out If he Is a
voter and If he really means what hu
says when he askB me to run Every
name Is verified and registered.'"
"Well, I'll be damned!” cried lien-
son In great uirtezemerlt.
"I am afraid If you continue In pol-
itics with yodr present views that
you will he," said Gormly coolly "As
for organization, [ have an organlza
RECIPROCITY/ BILL PASSE
THE SENATE, AND ALL
MENTE VOTED
kLL AMENf s-M | a
IA JL-
The Vote Stood 54 to 27—Belle
Free List Amendment Receive^
Only Fifteen Votes.
Hold Bonds
- *t ur* *n the “Masonic
Washington.—The senate flatty , ,
massed the reciprocity bill Wl'» ly Of N,Olirt>C,
amendment by a vote of 54 to t£ (POCfiA J AB
one short of the 2 to 1 majority «|>£D.vJU yjU.UU
had been expected. Of the at ner unitifftl
tlve votes, the president’s own1 injttrtSl psr dmiUUl. (
contributed but 21, while the x dvear an 0
crata gave 32. Three of the aVMl? Ql i
llcan votes came from lnsui n JV
Brown of Nebraska, Poindext jO < liONI). it Will
Washington and Work, of ™‘-lterest and Is secured bv
while 10 Insurgents, 14 regular „ V U u“
Means and 3 democrats combln City Oi C Oil TOC*, Viiillcd
make up the 27 opposition. The
democrats who opposed the bill
Bailey, Clarke of Arkansas am . r<t»*“nrw"iO
mons of North Carolina One 21VIIHCf Ol SyoO GO l
crut, Thornton of Louislanu * ”
paired against the bill with CtfOLl) It will
or Delaware, regular republic*. cftriirPd
would have voted for it had if MicUrLl!
present. Both Foster or Loulslr |jen UpOfl the /VVa^OlliC
Paynter of Kentucky, den , . . ,
whose attitude toward the VfllUCo^ftt $0,500.
uncertain up to the hour th backed up by « lease to
was* taken, turned up In affli
votes m years, therefore safer
Before the final vote on thn any savings hank,
porclty hill Itself was reached . yfaa#,*.
a n
Wo an-
preparing
out sp
tlon of my own
tho Issues and
meetings and send
over the city."
"Who's' managing th
"One of n
the store. Mi
"Whin's h.
'■111? .-xp.
dti
were thirteen roll calls on farious
pending amendments, each r<Ml call
resulting In the rejection of tlfe pro
posed changes by overwhelming ma-
jorities. practically all the affirmative
votes for the Amendments cvtnlng
from tho Insurgents. There were no
surprises In these votes, ss lfi had
been the settled policy of botli the
democrats and republican supporters
of tho measures to put it through in
the precise form In which It came
from the house In accordance with
the desire of the president and the
demand of the advocates of the leg
Islation throughout the country.
The president will not be able to
affix his signature to the reciprocity
Dili until some time this week, as the
bill under the rules must be finally
engrossed in the house In which It
originated while that house is In ses-
sion.
Senator Bailey’s amendment in the
shape of free list bill with cotton bag
King and other agricultural Imple-
ments, received only llfieen votes.
:ARM LAND VALUES DOUBLED
Census Bureau Report Shows Inqreaxe
of Over Hundred Per Cent
In Decade
Washington (if marked Interest,
•it;iiik<-of man) slatI'MieiiI>; made dur-
llg the ( amiillun reciprocity debate,
.v.ik (-casus bureau's announcement
i w r i
feren
asslstani managers In
h.i i ii i da v or
Wats, oi
,ng that fin
know ah-ut politlcn'”"
Joublod In \
'fi "ce compnred with
'cut ", ha v iii^
bctUI I 'M" hilt oil dlf
o lls per c
H'- IK I'", I'll 1 l,g I'll pld IV. '
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d-d
mil
hut
"But. la Kpitc of all II;...... things.
> "'i'll lie beaten as sure ;e. tot.- . I tell
>'"'1. you've got to light the ,]e\ l| w |th
fit O- 1 tf ' out Me while | | ,| | t ll
these K< I.th m. n
Politi
-I W
i cell UK show I h;t I
ic\ .'He now Worth I'-’H.-'IH I.X21 ,'»ld
I'.trin lands, farm buildings and
.i11 >l, :.,7.r .
The tomibcr of lnrms iti I a 1" was
i'hias con11mi.-.I with ;2
I bull. II || in.-l c;i-,c of | i |e-r cent
it iv n t ed , land Increased in Hum tioni
............. acres ''. ,K7'ed non In I In,
!> per cent, hut a larger in. reuse, II,
r cent, is noted in I in pro v ed ,i. i *-
ip«\ u lich In 11
-III, pm,uuu
u1 i eii, and in, lb I o wn s 1, 7,1.1,
Mill,- ( ., UK p
limn Mi
n umber and m i ■ -ag«> ol t.i rm
r i1 uKc of |is p. i i i n t, a nd din In >: die
'.tine | ■ I I < > (1 4l7e UVenige V ; i 111 < < jeu
,'t1 i '• ol a 11 land I n fat m k i - . < f i ,-m
11 - tm to f■; : |:,u p- , , .m
I -'if Hi hut Id l HI-; . w h. i, , - I , were
1 -I Pled lit ',C,I, | | li'IU, ,-t e | , |,,|| I , d
I"!' adi
Poole Wag the Natural Spokesman,
"a committee I might say a doputa- t ^'ork city, why, our voice is goin' to
tlon, from the hoard of management i>ean something our Influence Is
of our political organization, who goin’ to he wiutii something, and that
have been appointed to ah -Inter- accounts for .Mr Poole's presence
view you about the mayoralty sltua | here As tor Mr Fltehett. he's one of
, f • i t, sure"
-ffer you our ns
d I’
tlon "
"We have," ronti
lofty dignity, "of
your announcement
In the dally papers
"We hnve been str
collar availability t<
large business Inter
you are so well km
of New York, your
the evidence of g.
and ability w h;- ! \
and er——”
"And In short we hnv.
to proffer you mi: s .ppor • -
to you that
undounieuiy niaKc you our
and Indorse _ our platf'ifm
fine w want yen to •#
>lc .with
ourse observed
f your candidacy
Gormly bowed,
k with your jhc
the office Your
the brightest young lawyers we've got.
He knows which side his bread's but-
tered on IP- wants to he district at
torney and run with you, and you
couldn't get a better campaigner to
stand by your side As for me, all tho
power wc ve get, whl< h 1 admit ain't
have. I con
josttl Now
Poole angrily,
ip, but manage,
'er than tin
■or:n v U « .
To Frrc Bayou of Snjgi
I l"U‘ : "II, lev Pr o|
our lir.'.'.H I,In,
, t he h< .id -a a f ei h of I !
•king
foi
r ed (if • n
park from
(•sis, the fact that
TlH Hi.
f h as
n iKhi
iwn In the people
i rol
1 put
It at
your
mdoub* < d pr do' v
V*. J.Jif
(1. yo
n nay
,od manag' ment !
v e sec urn : nd us
1 i
'A I .4
protes'
1 i ' oi 1
( t»4
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hiii.s# ,
Kan
if l>*
To Ircprov* Toba,
’ ( owners !
K IJIn
ejmllng '
1 larrishurg |
ail 1>
HI t loin.
hUtuih aro 1
o have the]
Shipp
ml straight i
11,
oieton,
is opening It
Ill'll
ahc In i
rtli,)' it Into
o 1 lie
i goods
a mouth to
ton
and otli
of th
c alisot p
C ul t u re.
'1 ( X ,i
or'.' !:n"
am w,!l not
Mill 1
al,ly up
UOII of the
ourt to i*
4* ( V
F qua'
Mia n<i
I ween $4.03 and $5.18 per luu puit
lie did not think the continuance of
the beet sugar Industry under present
conditions Is essential, as, he said, the
manufacturers claimed they could not
do without cheap Asiatic labor.
Truman P Palmer of I’hlcaffo said
hut 78 employes out of 7,800 in West-
ern beet sugar refineries were As-
ia lies Fifteen thousand whites and
one thousaml-Asiatics were employed
In the fields, he added. These figures,
he said, had been furnished him by
tho Western companies in question.
Free Trade Is Necessary.
Recalled to the stand, Mr. Spreckela
testified that a great deal of augkr
sold abroad was marketed on the
strength of flic manufacturer's name.
"Free trade In the United Staten on
sugar," he said, "would give the Amer-
ican refineries the English market.”
"Is free trade as important for the
Industry as we think It Is?" ho was
asked
"1 think It Is," he replied.
HULK OF MAINE EXPOSED
Embedded in Mud Twenty-seven Feet.
More Human Bones Found, But
Are Blackened From Fire.
llavfima \ 11 Mm water In the cof-
ferdam surrounding the Maine Jins
been removed; showing the wreck
embedded in Mm mud from an esti-
mated depth (d twenty seven feet
around the nflcrpart of the vessel to
an Indeterminable depth. That por-
tion of the, ship Immediately forward
of I lie nup,-tut met me which was Jo-
in.-dished lias completely disappeared
r.t;<•( 1 pieces of rust.-
r above thn slime,
ntciid to draw out
id ion. Himultan-
ill begin the work of
, ronfused musses
hoction, represeni-
ud beams of tho
, now stands up-
l,u I,
t ct-u11|ng from t lot
r 1 - that tile mid
d i , id i ,i 1 t upcrHf meture,
illy level, constitute
nnt 11« v er sustaining
without any direct
t lot rt rue! ural mem-
I Mo- ship I,cio-nth this section
" en d"M i ovi-d and t he cavity
mi 1,-t d fill'd with mud Th »
i'll, 11 ■ s t-e, lion of the berth
■.!i wiich w ci c w ardroom amt
: er h ............... Is fally ex
hut almost entirely filled with
rid especially on Mm port side,
no v a I "f who It will he slow and
' l lopes -i i •• cut er'tallied that
c, ihm mi|> he found the body
Idant Fni’inecr Merritt, who m
d to t,avt, liccn in his stateroom
Mine of Mo- dlnasler Some flre-
>‘d boon were discovered hi
mity "i the overturned conning
he reinnlns of probably
• te previously found,
olb atloriN tlitcci or four
lapse before the mud
• wreck is removed an 1
Mm ship made vlsihla
lex As a rt'huIt of th#
the rates on canned and
from Baltimore to Hous-
er Texas points becauso
'Mon of Mo* Baltimore and
toddp company by thn
the snippets uie cou«
R(.stuff ice '» Rubbed.
I tie poKtoffb , K|,f„
c t •).. v mg tn ,ii ,i
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4 b" money in Mi*
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